U.S. patent application number 13/789626 was filed with the patent office on 2013-11-21 for clothes hanger.
The applicant listed for this patent is Akitada Kuroda. Invention is credited to Akitada Kuroda.
Application Number | 20130306688 13/789626 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 49580480 |
Filed Date | 2013-11-21 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130306688 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Kuroda; Akitada |
November 21, 2013 |
Clothes Hanger
Abstract
[Object of the invention] Releasing all clips at once easily.
[Solution] A clothes hanger comprising; a substantially
horizontally arranged rod; a rigid hanger body which support said
rod at the both ends thereof; a plural clip through which said pole
is inserted; and a plural spacer through which said pole is
inserted between said clips; wherein said each clip has a pair of
clip bodies, a hinge situated near the center of said clip bodies,
a through hole formed above said hinge, an operation part situated
above said through hole, a holding part at the lower end of said
clip bodies; and an elastic element which forces said holding part
to the closed position.
Inventors: |
Kuroda; Akitada;
(Kuwana-shi, JP) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Kuroda; Akitada |
Kuwana-shi |
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JP |
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Family ID: |
49580480 |
Appl. No.: |
13/789626 |
Filed: |
March 7, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
223/91 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47G 25/32 20130101;
A47G 25/48 20130101; A47G 25/482 20130101; A47G 25/186
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
223/91 |
International
Class: |
A47G 25/48 20060101
A47G025/48 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Mar 9, 2012 |
JP |
2012-052490 |
Aug 11, 2012 |
JP |
2012-179113 |
Aug 16, 2012 |
JP |
2012-180690 |
Oct 7, 2012 |
JP |
2012-223731 |
Claims
1. A clothes hanger comprising; a substantially horizontally
arranged rod; a hanger body which support said rod at the both ends
thereof; a plural clip through which said pole is inserted; and a
plural spacer through which said pole is inserted between said
clips; wherein said each clip has a pair of clip bodies, a hinge
situated near the center of said clip bodies, a through hole formed
above said hinge, an operation part situated above said through
hole, a holding part at the lower end of said clip bodies; and an
elastic element which forces said holding part to the closed
position.
2. The clothes hanger of claim 1, wherein said spacers have tube
shape and said operation parts are 5 mm at least.
3. The clothes hanger of claim 1, wherein said hanger body is
comprised of a no. 1 hanger body and a no. 2 hanger body, a moving
element between said no. 1 hanger body and no. 2 hanger body, a no.
1 clip pressing part and a no. 2 clip pressing part provided at
each outer end of no. 1 hanger body and no. 2 hanger body, and a
no. 1 pushing part and a no. 2 pushing part situated between said
each clip pressing part and said moving element, wherein said rod
is slidably inserted into said no. 1 clip pressing part and no. 2
clip pressing part.
4. The clothes hanger of claim 1, wherein said hanger body has a
lateral projection near upper middle thereof.
5. A method of hanging and releasing clothes or laundry, using a
clothes hanger comprising; a substantially horizontally arranged
rod; a rigid hanger body which support said rod at the both ends
thereof; a plural clip through which said pole is inserted; and a
plural spacer through which said pole is inserted between said
clips; wherein said each clip has a pair of clip bodies, a hinge
situated near the center of said clip bodies, a through hole and an
operation part formed above said hinge, a holding part at the lower
end of said clip bodies; and an elastic element which forces said
holding part to the closed position. wherein said hanger body is
comprised of a no. 1 hanger body and a no. 2 hanger body, a moving
element between said no. 1 hanger body and no. 2 hanger body, a no.
1 clip pressing part and a no. 2 clip pressing part provided at
each outer end of said no. 1 hanger body and no. 2 hanger body, and
a no. 1 pushing part and a no. 2 pushing part situated between said
each clip pressing part and said moving element, wherein said rod
is slidably inserted into said no. 1 clip pressing part and no. 2
clip pressing part, when holding the clothes, said operation parts
are pressed inwardly, when all clothes and laundries are released
at once, said no. 1 pushing part and no. 2 pushing part are grasped
by a hand.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] I claim the benefit of priority of Japanese patent
application No. [0002] 2012-052490 (filed on 9 Mar. 2012), [0003]
2012-179113 (filed on 11 Aug. 2012), [0004] 2012-180690 (filed on
16 Aug. 2012), [0005] 2012-223731 (filed on 7 Oct. 2012).
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0006] This invention relates generally to a clothes hanger for
hanging clothes or laundries with plural clips.
BACKGROUND ART
[0007] Heretofore, there are various types of clothes hanger with a
square or a round frame and plural clips for hanging clothes or
laundries. However, it is troublesome to release all the clothes,
because it is necessary to open each clip one by one.
CITATION LIST
Patent Literature
[0008] [PTL 1] JP1995-255995
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
Technical Problem
[0009] A prior art disclosed by PTL1 relates to a clothes hanger of
which all clips can be opened at once. However, the prior art has
problems as follows. When each clip is tried to be opened with
fingers, a strong force is necessary, because a part of the clip
nearer to the fulcrum point thereof must be pressed as shown by Fl
in FIG. 2. Besides, when opening the clips, fingers must be
inserted under the hanger frame where is crowded with the clips and
the clothes. Moreover, the prior art is complicated and heavy.
Solution to Problem
[0010] A clothes hanger comprising; [0011] a substantially
horizontally arranged rod; [0012] a hanger body which supports said
rod at the both ends thereof; [0013] a plural clip through which
said pole is inserted; [0014] and a plural spacer through which
said pole is inserted between said clips; [0015] wherein said each
clip has a pair of clip bodies, a hinge situated near the center of
said clip bodies, a through hole formed above said hinge, an
operation part situated above said through hole, a holding part at
the lower end of said clip bodies; [0016] and an elastic element
which forces said holding part to the closed position.
[0017] The above clothes hanger, wherein said spacers have tube
shape and said operation parts are longer than 5 mm.
[0018] The above clothes hanger, wherein said hanger body is
comprised of a no. 1 hanger body and a no. 2 hanger body, a moving
element between said no. 1 hanger body and no. 2 hanger body, a no.
1 clip pressing part and a no. 2 clip pressing part provided at
each outer end of the no. 1 hanger body and the no. 2 hanger body,
and a no. 1 pushing part and a no. 2 pushing part situated between
said each clip pressing part and said moving element, wherein said
rod is slidably inserted into said no. 1 clip pressing part and no.
2 clip pressing part.
[0019] The above clothes hanger, wherein said hanger body has a
lateral projection near upper center thereof.
[0020] A method of hanging and releasing clothes or laundries,
using a clothes hanger comprising; [0021] a substantially
horizontally arranged rod; [0022] a rigid hanger body which support
said rod at the both ends thereof; [0023] a plural clip through
which said pole is inserted; [0024] and a plural spacer through
which said pole is inserted between said clips; [0025] wherein said
each clip has a pair of clip bodies, a hinge situated near the
center of said clip bodies, a through hole and an operation part
formed above said hinge, a holding part at the lower end of said
clip bodies; and an elastic element which forces said holding part
to the closed position. [0026] wherein said hanger body is
comprised of a no. 1 hanger body and a no. 2 hanger body, a moving
element between said no. 1 hanger body and no. 2 hanger body, a no.
1 clip pressing part and a no. 2 clip pressing part provided at
each outer end of said no. 1 hanger body and no. 2 hanger body, and
a no. 1 pushing part and a no. 2 pushing part situated between said
each clip pressing part and said moving element, [0027] wherein
said rod is slidably inserted into said no. 1 clip pressing part
and no. 2 clip pressing part, when holding the clothes, said
operation parts are pressed inwardly, when all clothes and
laundries are released at once, said no. 1 pushing part and no. 2
pushing part are grasped by a hand.
Advantageous Effects of Invention
[0028] Based on above mentioned invention, it becomes possible to
release all the clothes at once with smaller force, solving the
above mentioned problems.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0029] [FIG. 1] is a front view of a first embodiment of the
invention.
[0030] [FIG. 2] is an enlarged front view of a clip of the
invention.
[0031] [FIG. 3] is a front view of the first embodiment of the
invention to show how to hold and release the clothes.
[0032] [FIG. 4] is a rear view of the first embodiment of the
invention.
[0033] [FIG. 5] is a plan view of the first embodiment of the
invention.
[0034] [FIG. 6] is a bottom view of the first embodiment of the
invention.
[0035] [FIG. 7] is a left side view of the first embodiment of the
invention.
[0036] [FIG. 8] is a right side view of the first embodiment of the
invention.
[0037] [FIG. 9] is an enlarged view of a second embodiment of the
invention.
[0038] [FIG. 10] is a perspective view of a spacer of the second
embodiment of the invention.
[0039] [FIG. 11] is a front view of a third embodiment of the
invention.
[0040] [FIG. 12] is a front view of a fourth embodiment of the
invention.
[0041] [FIG. 13] is a front view of the fourth embodiment of the
invention just before opening all the clips.
[0042] [FIG. 14] is a front view of the fourth embodiment of the
invention opening all the clips at once.
[0043] [FIG. 15] is a front view of the fifth embodiment of the
invention.
[0044] [FIG. 16] is a front view of the sixth embodiment of the
invention.
[0045] [FIG. 17] is a front view of a seventh embodiment of the
invention.
[0046] [FIG. 18] is a front view of an eighth embodiment of the
invention.
[0047] [FIG. 19] is a front view of a nineth embodiment of the
invention.
[0048] [FIG. 20] is a front view of a tenth embodiment of the
invention.
[0049] [FIG. 21] is a front view of an eleventh embodiment of the
invention with a lateral projection.
[0050] [FIG. 22] is a WW cross section view of the FIG. 21.
[0051] [FIG. 23] is a perspective view of a 12th embodiment of the
invention with a larger rigidity.
[0052] [FIG. 24] is a perspective view of the 13th embodiment of
the invention with two clothes hangers connected together.
[0053] [FIG. 25] is a front view of the first embodiment of the
invention to place it at a higher position.
DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0054] Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 a first embodiment of the
invention is shown. A clothes hanger 10 is comprised of a rod 23, a
hanger body 20 supporting the rod 23, clips 30, and spacers 40. The
hanger body 20 is comprised of a mountain like shape shoulder 22,
and a hook 21. The both ends of the shoulder 22 are extended to the
rod 23.
[0055] The hanger body 20 is made of rigid material such as
plastics, metal, wood and like. Therefore, the shape of the hanger
body 20 is kept, even though the hanger body is held at any point
thereof. So, as shown by FIG. 25, it is possible to hook the
clothes hanger 10 at a higher position by holding the lower part of
the clothes hanger 10.
[0056] The clip 30 is comprised of two clip bodies 31 and an
elastic element 35. The two clip bodies 31 are pivotally connected
by a hinge 33 near the center thereof. The two clip bodies 31 are
forced to close by the elastic element 35. Through holes 32 are
formed above the hinge 33, and the operation parts 36 is formed
extending above and upward from the through holes 32. The spacers
40 have a tube type shape having the through hole which is a little
bit larger than the outer diameter of the rod 23. The diameter of
the through holes 32 is smaller than the outer diameter of the
spacer 40. The rod 23 is inserted into the through holes 32 of the
clips 30 and the through holes of the spacer 40 alternately.
[0057] When holding the clothes, an operation part 36 of the clip
30 is pressed like Fu. As shown by FIG. 2, in the case of the prior
art, the lower point below the rod 23 must be pressed like Fl of
which the force must be much greater than Fu. Therefore, the clip
30 can be opened with smaller force by this invention.
[0058] The two clip bodies 31 may be unitarily formed by one
material such as plastics. They may be formed by one piece of metal
wire including the elastic element 35.
[0059] Referring to FIG. 3, the method of holding the clothes and
releasing is shown. When holding the clothes, the operation part 36
is pressed by fingers like P (=Fu). When releasing all the clothes
at once, the outer most clip 30 is pressed like Fb, supporting the
hanger body 20 like Fa.
[0060] Referring to Table 1 (the test data of the examples), the
force Fu to open each clip is 663 g (49% of Fl) which is 51%
smaller than the prior art force 1340 g (Fl).
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 N7 N8 N9 N10 Fu ( ) g 670
680 670 660 670 660 680 650 640 650 663 F1 ( ) g 1300 1500 1300
1200 1200 1500 1300 1400 1300 1400 1340 Fu/F1 49% Fh ( ) g 880 850
860 860 850 860 840 880 840 840 856
[0061] Referring to Table 2 (the evaluation data of
maneuverability, when opening each clips 30), the length L of the
operation part 36 must be 5 mm at least and 10 mm or more
preferably.
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 L mm 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 x x x
.smallcircle. .smallcircle. .smallcircle. .smallcircle.
.smallcircle. .circleincircle. .circleincircle. .circleincircle. x
.smallcircle. .circleincircle. Maneuverability x; difficult
.smallcircle.; possible .circleincircle.; easily possible L mm; the
length of the operation part as shown in FIG. 2
[0062] As shown by this embodiment 1, opening the clips 30 become
easy, because the operation part 36 is accessible from the upper
open space rather than under crowded space with clothes.
[0063] Referring to FIG. 3, we can understand that Fu<Fh<F1,
because of fulcrum principle. When opening the each clip 30 with
two fingers, smaller force Fu is preferable. When releasing the all
clothes at once, the opening force Fh may be bigger than Fu,
because more than two fingers are used to open the clips 30.
[0064] The clothes hanger 10 of this embodiment can be used as a
normal clothes hanger, because the hanger body has a rigid mountain
like shoulder 22.
[0065] Referring to FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the second embodiment is
shown. The spacer 40 has a tube 41 and two flanges 42.
[0066] Referring to FIG. 11, the third embodiment is shown. The
clothes hanger 10 has a release assistant part 50.
[0067] Referring to FIG. 12, the fourth embodiment is shown. The
hanger body 20 has a no. 1 hanger body 20-1 and a no. 2 hanger body
20-2. The no. 1 hanger body 20-1 and the no. 2 hanger body 20-2 are
pivotally connected by a moving element 70 such as a hinge at the
center thereof. The no. 1 hanger body 20-1 and the no. 2 hanger
body 20-2 also have a no. 1 clip pressing part 63 and a no. 2 clip
pressing part 64 provided at each outer end of the no. 1 hanger
body 20-1 and the no. 2 hanger body 20-2. The rod 23 is slidably
inserted into each through hole of the no. 1 clip pressing part 63
and the no. 2 clip pressing part 64. Retainers 65, 66 are fixed at
the both ends of the rod 23. If the retainers 65, 66 are removably
connected to the rod 23, changing the clip 30 becomes easy.
[0068] The no. 1 hanger body 20-1 and the no. 2 hanger body 20-2
also have, a no. 1 pushing part 60 and a no. 2 pushing part 61
situated between the each clip pressing part and the moving element
70.
[0069] As shown by FIG. 13, when opening all the clips 30 at once,
a hand is placed between the no. 1 pushing part 60 and the no. 2
pushing part 61 and grasp the no. 1 pushing part 60 and the no. 2
pushing part 61. Then all the clips are opened like FIG. 14.
[0070] As shown by FIG. 14, after the no. 1 pushing part 60 and the
no. 2 pushing part 61 are grasped, the no. 1 hanger body 20-1 and
the no. 2 hanger body 20-2 turn inwardly and all the clips 30 are
pressed and opened.
[0071] The smaller positive angle .alpha. between the no. 1 pushing
part 60 and the no. 2 is preferable. If a is small positive angle,
after grasping, .alpha. becomes nearly 0 degree, which is easy to
grasp.
[0072] In this case, the test result of grasping force is 1.8 Kg.
According to the statistics, the grip force of average Japanese 6
years old girl is 8.55 Kg, the grip force of average Japanese 75 to
79 years old women is 21.9 Kg. Therefore, it is easy to handle this
clothes hanger regardless of age or sex.
[0073] With this clothes hanger, we can release all the clothes, by
grasping the no. 1 pushing part 60 and no. 2 pushing part 61, at
the same time as putting away the clothes hanger on the laundry
pole. This can be done by one hand, this is convenient not only for
persons with normal body but also for physically handicapped
persons.
[0074] FIG. 15 shows the embodiment of the clothes hanger 10 which
can be operated from the both sides of it.
[0075] FIG. 16 shows the embodiment of the clothes hanger 10 which
has thin plastic flexible hinge as the moving element 70.
[0076] FIG. 17 shows the embodiment of the clothes hanger 10 which
has a slider 71 as the moving element 70.
[0077] FIG. 18 shows the eighth embodiment which has a symmetric
hanger body 20. With this clothes hanger 10 we can access from both
side of the clothes hanger 10.
[0078] FIG. 19 shows the embodiment of the clothes hanger 10 with
raided shoulders 22.
[0079] FIG. 20 shows the embodiment of the clothes hanger 10 which
a flexible hinge 70 with thin plastic films and stopper 70-1,
70-2.
[0080] FIG. 21 shows the embodiment of the clothes hanger 10 which
has a lateral projection 80 at near the hook 21. With this lateral
projection 80, the clothes hanger 10 can be hung on the crosspiece
S.
[0081] FIG. 22 shows the cross section WW of FIG. 21. The lateral
projection 80 can be inserted into a lateral projection containing
space 81.
[0082] FIG. 23 shows the embodiment of the clothes hanger 10 which
has a higher rigidity of the hanger body 20. The rigidity of hanger
body 20 near the center is higher than the outer thereof. The
hanger body 20 has U type cross section to increase strength.
[0083] FIG. 24 shows the embodiment of the two clothes hangers 10
connected together by a no. 3 hanger body 20-3.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
[0084] This invention is available for not only hanging clothes but
also some other goods.
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST
[0085] 10 is a clothes hanger. [0086] 20 is a hanger body. [0087]
20-1 is a no. 1 hanger body. [0088] 20-2 is a no. 2 hanger body.
[0089] 20-3 is a no. 3 hanger body. [0090] 21 is a hook. [0091] 22
is a shoulder. [0092] 23 is a rod. [0093] 30 is a clip. [0094] 31
is a clip body. [0095] 32 is a through hole. [0096] 33 is a hinge.
[0097] 34 is a holding part. [0098] 35 is an elastic element.
[0099] 36 is an operation part. [0100] 40 is a spacer. [0101] 41 is
a tube. [0102] 42 is a flange; [0103] 50 is a release assisting
part, [0104] 60 is a first pushing part. [0105] 61 is a second
pushing part. [0106] 63 is a first clip pressing part. [0107] 64 is
a second clip pressing part. [0108] 65, 66 are retainers. [0109] 70
is a hinge. [0110] 80 is a lateral projection. [0111] 81 is a
lateral projection containing space.
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